November 15, 2008
EX-HOOKER HITS 'FREE PASS' FOR SPITZ
I'm not naive. I know life isn't always fair and justice isn't truly blind. Yet Eliot Spitzer getting off scot-free and US Attorney Michael J. Garcia's saying, "We have determined...
EX-COP SHOT AT WALDORF-ASTORIA HOTEL
A gunman dressed all in black shot a retired NYPD officer working as a security guard during a robbery of a jewelry store in the lobby of the famed Waldorf-Astoria...
FORMER TRAINER TRASHING DE LA HOYA
Freddie Roach shouldn't expect any work from Golden Boy Promotions anytime soon. Not with the way he's been trash-talking Oscar De La Hoya. Roach trained De La Hoya for his...
FRIENDS IN BY PLACES
"Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best," the British writer, actor, and raconteur Sir Peter Ustinov once said. "They are...
FAIL TO THE CHIEFS
Farewell to George W. Bush. The. Worst. President. In. Modern. History. Except for Nixon. That glowering paranoid freak sucker-punched the economy with his absurd price controls, secretly bombed Cambodia and...
OCD Archives: Clint Eastwood Meets Mr. Ed (1962)
Tip O'Hat to the erudite Mr. Kenny of Some Came Running for alerting us to this forgotten cultural landmark.
Argentine fans hijack bus to get to game
By BRIAN LEWISFans of second-division Argentine club Chacarita showed themselves to be first-class idiots. So desperate to get to a game on time, they hijacked two buses at knifepoint, robbing...
Report: Promising defender Neven Subotic picks Serbia over U.S.
By BRIAN LEWISU.S. soccer fans salivating at the thought of seeing one of the world's top young defenders suit up for America may be disappointed. Fox Sports, citing another report,...
Freddie Roach Trash-Talking Oscar
Freddie Roach is trash-talking Oscar De La Hoya to hype Dec. 6 fight with Manny Pacquiao.BY GEORGE WILLISFreddie Roach shouldn't expect any work from Golden Boy Promotions anytime soon. Not...
DVDs We'd Like to See: Deanna's Christmas Noir
There are few genres as disreputable as Christmas movies -- is anyone really looking forward to "Four Christmases'' any more than a fruitcake in the mail? -- so I cherish...
BAM URGED BY AIDES: PICK HILL
WASHINGTON - A growing chorus of advisers surrounding President-elect Barack Obama is urging him to tap Hillary Rodham Clinton as his secretary of state - and she did not deny...
GOV WOULD MULL NAMING SELF TO SENATE
ALBANY - If Hillary Rodham Clinton resigns from the Senate to become secretary of state, Gov. Paterson will consider naming himself to the seat to avoid a worsening budget crisis,...
AYERS BLOWS UP AT GOP
Unrepentant '60s terrorist William Ayers said Republicans "demonized" him in a "profoundly dishonest" bid to defeat Barack Obama. ABC Video: Ayers On Obama RelationshipABC Video: Ayers: 'We Never Committed Terror'...
A SINGER'S SAD SUICIDE
I can vividly recall the happy days of Major Bowes, who, every Sunday evening during the Great Depression, emceed a famous talent show ("Swan Song," Nov. 13). He made no...
BEGGING FOR A BAILOUT: GET WHEEL, DETROIT
There seems to be a real bias on the part of the Bush Treasury Department toward Wall Street and against the industrial sector ("Coddling Car Companies," PostOpinion, Rich Lowry, Nov....
ALBANY'S SNEAKS: THE LESSON OF '65
AFTER a 43-year stretch in the wilderness, New York Democrats have finally won control of both houses of the state Legislature. Or have they? A look back into history may...
THE SOUL OF THE GOP
BY now you've probably heard: The GOP is becoming too regional, too white, too old to compete nationally. Democrats look like the cast of "Rent," while Republicans look like diehard...
WHAT OBAMAS CAN DO FOR DC SCHOOLS
DEMOCRATIC politicians like to see themselves as champions of public education, but when it comes to picking schools for their own children to attend, their support disappears. President-elect Obama is...
SHE'S THE VID-GAME SEDUCER
It takes a special woman to break up the marriage of a man she's never met. Linda Brinkley, 55, is accused of just that, but the twice-divorced Arkansas woman insists...
'LOO'NY STINK BOMB LANDS TEEN IN HOSP
A 13-year-old German boy was blown out of his bathroom window after he doused the place with air freshener and then fooled around with his father's lighter. "Suddenly, there was...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Fri.: 570; Lucky Sum: 12 / Midday Win-4 Fri.: 8960; Lucky Sum: 23 / Evening Nos. Fri.: 439; Lucky Sum: 16 / Evening Win-4 Fri.: 9655;...
OD IDOL BECAME A BIG NAME
The "American Idol" reject who died outside Paula Abdul's LA home was so obsessed with the show judge that she changed her name from Sandra to Paula as a tribute,...
DYKSTRA WHIFFS ON 7G BILL: SUIT
He used to give opposing pitchers fits, and now Lenny Dykstra's doing the same to bill collectors. The scrappy former Mets leadoff hitter is being brushed back with a lawsuit...
CALIF. HELLFIRE
An exclusive Southern California coastal town beloved by moguls, movie stars and artists for its natural beauty and stunning estates went up in flames yesterday - with more than 100...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
QUEENS * A drunken driver struck and critically injured a woman in East Elmhurst, police said. The suspect, Carlos Gil, 44, was driving a 2001 Dodge Caravan on 25th Avenue...
W. SENDS BROOKLYN LEGAL ACE TO THE RE$CUE
An elite Manhattan federal prosecutor whose specialty is sending corporate fraudsters to prison is President Bush's pick to oversee the $700 billion rescue of troubled financial firms. Neil Barofsky, 38,...
YANKS BLAME BOSOCKED FAN
He asked for it. A Red Sox fan who got pummeled for cheering on his team at Yankee Stadium should have known to keep his mouth shut, the Bombers said...
DEPORT DUE IN TRAGEDY AT WORK SITE
A contractor whose employee fell to his death at a Manhattan construction site is in the country illegally, authorities said yesterday. Adal Melek Afzal, the owner of a paint company...
LET'S SEND IN THE CLOWNS
If you've thought Wall Street is being run by a bunch of clowns, yesterday you were right on the money. Members of the Big Apple Circus took the reins of...
MAYORS HAVE THEIR HANDS OUT AS ECONOMY REELS
The mayors of three cash-strapped big cities yesterday asked for a cut of the $700 billion rescue package earmarked for financial institutions - a move Mayor Bloomberg said he'd back...
RACK THIS BIKE STAND UP TO INGENUITY
Nice rack! New York cyclists soon will tie their bikes to this cast-metal beauty, winner of a $10,000 prize in the Department of Transportation's bike-rack design competition. The racks, circular...
GAL 'KILLS' MA OVER GROCERIES
A Long Island woman furious that her elderly mother bought too many groceries beat the helpless woman to death, letting her die rather than call 911 for fear she'd go...
MAKING GRADE ON BONUSES
It's a bonus bonanza! An astounding 85 percent of high schools that participated in the city's first teacher bonus-pay program have met the criteria to collect, the Department of Education...
FORGERY A WORK OF ART
An art collector has been given the green light to sue Christie's auction house for allowing a purported Basquiat painting it allegedly knew was a fake to be sold anyway....
ONE HALL OF A NERVE
No wonder Carnegie Hall is having trouble attracting younger audiences. Infants are charged full price, even if they sit on their parents' laps. A Brooklyn mom who bought two tickets...
WORKER HURT IN MIDTOWN FALL
A construction worker was seriously injured yesterday afternoon when he plunged about four stories from a Midtown office tower yesterday, sources said. The 43-year-old victim, whose name was not released,...
BUSBOY SERVES TIMBERLAKE
A former busboy at Justin Timberlake's Upper East Side restaurant claims the pop star isn't "*NSYNC" with state and federal labor laws. Felipe Santiago Ramales filed suit yesterday in Manhattan...
BLOOMY HAILS ECO-TAXI IN $$ DETOUR PAST FEDS
Blocked by a federal judge from imposing stricter fuel standards on taxis, Mayor Bloomberg took a new route yesterday to persuade cab fleets to go green. In an industry dependent...
HUH? HIGHWAY MAN RETURNS HIS 25G RAISE
A highway superintendent from a town in Westchester turned down a $25,000 pay raise because he didn't feel right taking the money in this terrible economy. Eric DiBartolo, 47, of...
JUMPER TO JURY: I'M A PRO
The California daredevil arrested for trying to parachute off the Empire State Building two years ago took his case to a Manhattan jury yesterday, arguing that he was a professional...
HATE-SLAY TOWN HOT
Tensions were high yesterday in the Long Island town where a Hispanic immigrant was killed in a racially charged slaying - as rumors swirled of a retaliatory attack at a...
POST MAN DIES
Richard Yee, a retired Post typographer, has died. He was 79. Yee, who died last Saturday at a nursing home in Briarwood, Queens, was with The Post for 27 years...
FEDS SLAM SHARPTON ON ELEX $$
The Rev. Al Sharpton must pay nearly $500,000 in fines for financing his quixotic 2004 presidential run with illegal contributions, the Federal Election Commission has ruled. Sharpton aides blasted the...
EARNINGS SKID AT PENNEY, A&F
The retail sector capped a grim week of news yesterday, as J.C. Penney and Abercrombie & Fitch said quarterly profits dropped by about half and warned this year's profits will...
DESPERATE DETROIT SENDS SOS
General Motors is so desperate to avoid bankruptcy that the beleaguered auto giant has turned to anyone and everyone who'll listen for help in selling Congress on giving Detroit rescue...
SHOPS STOP STOCKS
Wall Street investors stepped back from their newly found confidence as consumers showed they can't afford to do much shopping at retail stores. A feeble attempt to rally stock buying...
REALOGY'S RED INK IS THE LATEST BLACK MARK
Leon Black's buyout firm Apollo Management can't seem to get a break. Yesterday, Black's string of misses got longer when it emerged that another of Black's investments is struggling to...
MAYOR MIKE'S REALM
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday made it clear that he will brook no opposition to his vision for New York, not even from the federal bench. This month, US District Court Judge...
SAVE THE SAILORS
The US Supreme Court made an important statement this week on a president's authority as commander-in-chief, ruling that the US Navy's use of active sonar in anti-submarine training off the...
LAUGHING THROUGH THE TEARS
All the world loves a clown, wrote Cole Porter. But you had to wonder what people were thinking yesterday when a harlequin in full regalia from the Big Apple Circus...
FIRST, EX-FOES MUST BURY THE HATCHET JOBS
WASHINGTON - In picking Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as his top emissary to the world, President-elect Barack Obama would have to forgive and forget some serious insults she hurled at...
GOOD FEELY ABOUT JAY'S BIG BOOTS
Coach Eric Mangini hinted yesterday that he might stay with Jay Feely as his kicker until further notice. "I haven't made a final decision on that," the Jets coach said...
QB'S 'CONFIDENT NERVOUSNESS' HAS JETS ON TOP
Superman was nervous, shaking in his cape. It's true, before the most important drive in as long as anyone can remember for the Jets, Brett Favre was shaking in his...
JETS REPORT CARD
Week 11 vs. Patriots Here are the grades from the Jets' 34-31 overtime win over the Patriots on Thursday:JETS REPORT CARDMORE: Complete Jets Coverage
FRANKEL'S 2003 VICTORY MARK STILL THE STANDARD
TRAINER Bobby Frankel has been working the New York and California tracks for so long - setting records and accumulating awards, titles and money - that he is close to...
N.J. LOSES FOURTH STRAIGHT
WASHINGTON - Even if other GMs are peddling, Lou Lamoriello insists he isn't dealing for a top goalie to hold the fort while Martin Brodeur is out. It wasn't goaltending...
POPULARITY LANDS LESNAR TITLE FIGHT WITH COUTURE
LAS VEGAS - Some critics of mixed martial arts will view Brock Lesnar fighting Randy Couture for the UFC heavyweight championship tonight as validation that mixed martial arts (MMA) isn't...
YANKS TRY TO BLOW AWAY CC WITH DEAL TOPPING SANTANA'S
The Yankees officially began the work yesterday to assemble their dream rotation of CC Sabathia, Derek Lowe or A.J. Burnett, Chien-Ming Wang, Joba Chamberlain and Andy Pettitte. As the Post...
RAVENS ROOKIE QB FLACCO SET FOR GIANTS
There only is one member of the Giants organization who has lined up against Joe Flacco, the rookie quarterback who has breathed life into the formerly moribund Ravens offense. "I...
RT MCKENZIE HIT WITH DUI CHARGE
Right tackle Kareem McKenzie was arrested Thursday night for driving under the influence in Little Falls Township, N.J. McKenzie, 29, was pulled over at about 9:30 p.m. after he cut...
ISLES' POCK HIT WITH SUSPENSION
Thomas Pock's elbow to Ryan Shannon's head on Thursday night will cost the Islanders defenseman five games, the league announced yesterday. Pock, who received a five-minute major and a game...
MACDONALD STEPS IN TO SAVE DAY
Joey MacDonald was supposed to be Rick DiPietro's backup this season. But two knee operations and a hip surgery later for DiPietro, and MacDonald clearly has taken over as the...
RANGERS' SCHEDULE ALLOWS LUNDQVIST TO STAY FRESH
Fatigue makes cowards of us all, the possible exceptions being a long line of Devils coaches who never feared wearing out Marty Brodeur. Hey, how come goalies get so sweaty?...
SCORING COMBOS DOT RANGERS HISTORY
When a coach says line combinations aren't particularly important, as Rangers coach Tom Renney did earlier this week, that generally represents an admission that his team doesn't have the complementary...
RED BULLS FACE REAL CHALLENGE
The Red Bulls - who backed into a playoff date with top-seeded Houston, then upset the two-time defending champs - are just a win away from reaching their first MLS...
AROUND THE LEAGUE
The NBA suspended Steve Nash and Matt Barnes of the Suns and Rafer Alston of the Rockets yesterday. Alston and Barnes were suspended for two games without pay and Nash...
ELIAS DOCU BEMOANS BELIZE
It was certainly no vacation, no pleasure trip. Next week, the NHL Network is going to show everyone what Patrik Elias saw on his UNICEF journey to Belize two months...
GIANTS NOW TOP SQUAD? YOU BETTOR BELIEVE IT
HERE'S a look at how the NFL spreads are faring so far this week, according to our favorite Vegas insiders: RAVENS-GIANTS Big Blue is -6½ in part because Vegas believes...
PETERSON PAINTS PATH TO HEALTHY HURLERS
Rick Peterson is not one to sit still. The Mets closed a door on him in June, but windows of opportunity are opening everywhere that involve his love of pitching,...
'PEN HOPES ON TYLER
A look at who to play this week, and who to sit: BIG WEEKS Tyler Thigpen (QB, Chiefs) Has six TDs and zero INTs in past three games. Should chalk...
SPORTS SHORTS
NHL: Lightning can Melrose The Lightning have fired coach Barry Melrose just 16 games into the season. Assistant Rick Tocchet was appointed interim head coach for the Lightning, off to...
TRENDSETTERS
GIANTS (-6) VS. RAVENS (1:00) Big Blue has covered eight straight games the week after posting more than 350 total yards (401) and are 10-1 against winning teams and 10-2...
KNICKS ASSISTANT IS SPINNING HIS 'WEB'
Though Knicks assistant coach Phil Weber grew up in Northport, L.I., a diehard fan of the orange-and-blue, wearing Frazier Puma sneakers, he attended just one Knicks' game as a kid....
STEPH IN LIMBO; WALSH MUM
Stephon Marbury confirmed yesterday's Post report that he and Knicks president Donnie Walsh met on Thursday, but that doesn't mean anything has been rectified. The guard was inactive again for...
KNICKS NEARLY BLOW 30-POINT LEAD, BUT HOLD ON TO TOP OKC
It's difficult to figure out exactly who these new Knicks are. They're definitely more entertaining than they've been in years, and they've given the Garden some life again. But just...
WALSH KEEPS NETS IN WORKING ORDER
So old man Leland is bustin' your hump over those reports, and if you don't get them done by 9, you're toast. Well, you and Kramer still have an easy...
HARRIS' RETURN, ROOKIES GET NETS BACK ON TRACK
The Nets were coming back from their "Night of the Living Dead" casting-call game. Coach Lawrence Frank said he knew what was coming. He promised electricity, not another tired, sleepwalking,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A Pennsylvania bank robber, furious when told the tellers' tills were empty, threatened to file a complaint with management before fleeing. When the man walked in, the tellers were on...
SWAMP & CIRCUMSTANCE FOR THE OL' BALL COACH
S. Carolina at Florida 3:30 p.m., CBS Line: Florida -21 - O/U: 491/2 ANGLE: The Ol' Ball Coach returns to Gainesville, where he won the Heisman Trophy then transformed the...
STORM SHOW WARTS IN OPENER
On a night when VMI won at Kentucky and Howard beat Oregon State, the bottom line is St. John's won its opener, pulling away from LIU in the second half...
DANCING WITH THE STARS
THE more things change, the more they stay the same 65 floors above Midtown. Or so it seems at the legendary Rainbow Room, which began its 75th year of operations...
WHAT'S UP?
TODAY BABY LOVES BEBOP: He revolutionized the piano - and his name is one of the coolest monikers ever. We're talking, natch, about Thelonious Monk, subject of Jazz at Lincoln...
JUNIE B. GOOD? MEET EDWINA
CALLING all "Junie B. Jones" fans: There's a new girl in town, and she's just as assertive as Junie, the world's feistiest first grader. Introducing Edwina Spoonapple, a young Dear...
BILLY'S BOYS
THE ad probably went like this: "Wanted: Boy, 12-ish. Must sing, act, dance - and wear a dress." At least, that's what's needed to play Michael in "Billy Elliot: The...
Nov. 22 Came Early
By FRED KERBERYesterday I predicted the Nets' next victory would come on Nov. 22.Ooops.Just remember some of my other great forecasts: color TV was a crazy idea, computers were a...
STORIES TAKE FLIGHT
THIS Moth Ball has noth ing to do with your closet full of winter sweaters. Instead, it's a glam event that pays tribute to the literary world, and a nonprofit...
WILD SLAY RIDE
WHEN a movie begins with narration from beyond the grave, you know you're in for a hard-boiled story. It's a technique that's used rarely, but famously - William Holden in...
LI WOMAN KILLS MA OVER GROCERIES
A Long Island woman furious that her elderly mother bought too many groceries beat the helpless woman to death, letting her die rather than call 911 for fear she'd go...